The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Support Engineer
Rank 116 134 128
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% 0.032% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.183% 0.035% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £225 £285
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.86 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- -39.27%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Support Engineer
South East

Senior Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Support Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Senior Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Support Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Senior Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Support Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Senior Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Support Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +17 4 £375 +66.66%
Senior Support Engineer
South East

Senior Support Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Senior Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Support Engineer in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Office 365
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010

Senior Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Senior Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) Office 365
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft